{"id":819084,"date":"2026-05-24T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/819084\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:02:16","slug":"homeowner-shot-at-front-doorstep-person-of-interest-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/819084\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowner shot at front doorstep, person of interest detained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A 35-year-old man is hospitalized after a stranger shot him on his own doorstep in Southeast Houston late Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The incident occurred around 10:40 p.m. Saturday night, in the 5300 block of El Buey Way. According to Houston Police Department Lieutenant Pulido, an unknown man knocked on the door of a residence. When the 35-year-old homeowner opened the door, the suspect immediately opened fire and fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Following the shooting, the suspect ran through the neighborhood, sparking panic among residents. Multiple neighbors dialed 911 to report a man erratically banging on their doors and screaming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HPD officers flooded the area and used the witness descriptions to locate the man just a few blocks away from the active crime scene. Officers quickly detained him, though authorities note that no firearm has been recovered at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Houston Fire Department paramedics treated the homeowner at the scene for gunshot wounds to his hip and hand. He was transported to a local hospital and remains in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators confirmed that the victim and the suspect do not know each other. The detained man is currently classified as a person of interest, and the case has been referred to the HPD Major Assaults division for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A 35-year-old man is hospitalized after a stranger shot him on his own doorstep in Southeast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":819085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[336994,267406,33140,4345,554,358,3187,14164],"class_list":["post-819084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-buey","tag-doorstep","tag-homeowner","tag-houston","tag-shot","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-way"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116629926470426593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}